Secondary battery

ABSTRACT

A secondary battery including: at least one first metal plate serving as a positive terminal; at least one second metal plate serving as a negative terminal; a separator material disposed between the at least one first metal plate and the at least one second metal plate for separating a positive terminal material on the at least one first metal plate and a negative terminal material on the at least one second metal plate; a liquid electrolyte; and an integrated circuit for controlling a wireless communication of RFID, WIFI, NFC, Blue-tooth, or SRI, where, the at least one first metal plate and/or the at least one second metal plate has formed thereon a coil pattern so that an energy transfer can take place between the positive terminal and the negative terminal, and the integrated circuit controls the energy transfer.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

This application is a Division of currently pending application U.S.Ser. No. 15/402,061, entitled “SECONDARY BATTERY” and filed on Jan. 9,2017, and which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a secondary battery.

Description of the Related Art

Currently there are a variety of secondary batteries differing incapacity and performance due to different materials they use. Theinventor of the present invention proposes a secondary batteryoutperforming conventional secondary batteries both in capacity andperformance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The objective of the present invention is to provide a secondarybattery.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a secondarybattery includes: at least one first metal plate serving as a positiveterminal; at least one second metal plate serving as a negativeterminal; a separator material disposed between the at least one firstmetal plate and the at least one second metal plate for separating apositive terminal material on the at least one first metal plate and anegative terminal material on the at least one second metal plate; aliquid electrolyte; and an integrated circuit for controlling a wirelesscommunication of RFID, WIFI, NFC, Blue-tooth, or SRI, wherein, the atleast one first metal plate and/or the at least one second metal platehas formed thereon a coil pattern selected from a group consisting of anantenna coil pattern, a charging and discharging coil pattern forelectromagnetic wave induction or electric field induction, an acousticantenna coil pattern, a charging and discharging coil pattern for audiowave induction, and a charging and discharging coil pattern for X-rayinduction or laser light induction, so that an energy transfer can takeplace between the positive terminal and the negative terminal, andwherein, the integrated circuit controls the energy transfer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an enlarged view of part of a secondary batteryaccording to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an illustrative view of a metal plate and a coil pattern of asecondary battery of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is another illustrative view of a metal plate and a coil patternof a secondary battery of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an illustrative view of a metal plate and a Tesla coil of asecondary battery of the present invention.

FIG. 5(a) illustrates a secondary battery without a separator materialaccording to an embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 5(b)illustrates a secondary battery having a separator material according toan embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6(a) illustrates a first (or second) metal plate of the presentinvention having a 1D (one deposition layer) structure, FIG. 6(b)illustrates a first (or second) metal plate of the present inventionhaving a 2D (two deposition layers) structure, and FIG. 6(c) illustratesa first (or second) metal plate of the present invention having a 3D(three deposition layers) structure.

FIG. 7 is an illustrative view of a parallel connection structure forcharging a secondary battery and a series connection structure fordischarging the secondary battery according to an embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 8 is an illustrative view of a secondary battery according to anembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an illustrative view of a secondary battery according toanother embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an illustrative view of a secondary battery according toanother embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 illustrates an exploded view of a device using a secondarybattery of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an illustrative view of a secondary battery according tostill another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

In the detailed descriptions of preferred embodiments hereinafter, sameor similar elements are represented by like reference numerals andredundant detailed descriptions will be omitted. Besides, to clearlydisclose the characteristics of the present invention, the elements inthe figures are not drawn to scale.

FIG. 1 illustrates an enlarged view of part of a secondary battery 2according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As illustratedin FIG. 1, the secondary battery 2 includes at least one first metalplate 20 serving as a positive terminal, at least one second metal plate21 serving as a negative terminal, and a separator material 22 disposedbetween the at least one first metal plate 20 and the at least onesecond metal plate 21 for separating a positive terminal material layer200 coated on the at least one first metal plate 20 and a negativeterminal material layer 210 coated on the at least one second metalplate 21. It is to be noted that the secondary battery 2 furtherincludes a shell as represented by dash lines in FIG. 7, where the atleast one first metal plate 20, the at least one second metal plate 21,and the separator material 22 are folded and accommodated in the shell.

In this embodiment, with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, and 8, the secondarybattery 2 further includes within the shell a liquid electrolyte 23 andan integrated circuit 24 for controlling a wireless communication ofRFID (radio frequency identification), WIFI, NFC (near fieldcommunication), Blue-tooth, or SRI (short range interaction). Besides,the at least one first metal plate 20 and/or the at least one secondmetal plate 21 has formed thereon a coil pattern 25, which is connectedwith the integrated circuit 24 and can be an antenna coil pattern 25, acharging and discharging coil pattern 25 for electromagnetic waveinduction or electric field induction, an acoustic antenna coil pattern25, a charging and discharging coil pattern 25 for audio wave induction,and a charging and discharging coil pattern 25 for X-ray induction orlaser light induction, so that an energy transfer can take place betweenthe positive terminal and the negative terminal. The integrated circuit24 is used to control the energy transfer. It can also to be seen fromFIGS. 2, 3, and 8 that the coil pattern can take different shapes.

Please refer to FIGS. 4 and 9, where, different from the embodiments ofFIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the at least one first metal plate 20 and/or the atleast one second metal plate 21 has formed thereon a Tesla coil 25 andthe integrated circuit 24 is omitted. The Tesla coil 25 generates acharging power to the at least one first metal plate 20 byelectromagnetic field induction or electric field induction.

Please refer to FIG. 5(a), where, different from the first preferredembodiment, the separator material and the liquid electrolyte areomitted, and the secondary battery includes an ionic crosslinkingmaterial 26 within both the positive terminal material layer 200 on theat least one first metal plate 20 and the negative terminal materiallayer 210 on the at least one second metal plate 21. Nevertheless,please refer to FIG. 5(b), where, with the separator material and theliquid electrolyte installed, the secondary battery can also include theionic crosslinking material 26 within both the positive terminalmaterial 200 on the at least one first metal plate 20 and the negativeterminal material 210 on the at least one second metal plate 21.

FIG. 6(a)-6(c) illustrates variations of the embodiments of the at leastone first metal plate 20 and the at least one second metal plate 21 ofthe secondary battery of the present invention. In FIG. 6(a), the metalplate 20(21) has one positive (negative) terminal material layer200(210) coated on both opposite surfaces thereof to provide a 1D (onedeposition layer) structure; in FIG. 6(b), the metal plate 20(21) hastwo positive (negative) terminal material layers 200(210) coated on bothopposite surfaces thereof to provide a 2D (two deposition layers)structure; and in FIG. 6(c), the metal plate 20(21) has three positive(negative) terminal material layers 200(210) coated on both oppositesurfaces thereof to provide a 3D (three deposition layers) structure. Asa capacitance formula thereof can be expressed as C=ε (A/d), where C isa capacitance value, ε is a dielectric constant, A is an overlap area oftwo parallel plates, and d is a separation between the two parallelplates, and simplified to C=A by letting ε=d=1, therefore the currentdensity of the secondary battery can be increased by increasing thesurface area of the positive (negative) terminal material layers, andthe energy density of the secondary battery can be greatly improved.Besides, the ionic crosslinking material 26 can be implemented by metalor non-metal conductive material in the form of particles and enclosedby UV (ultraviolet) glue, PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) glue, CMC(carboxymethyl cellulose) glue, SBR (styrene-butadiene rubber) glue, orliposomes, so as to increase the surface area of the positive (negative)terminal material layers and thereby improve the current density of thesecondary battery.

FIG. 7 is an illustrative view of a secondary battery according toanother embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 7,the first metal plate 20 and the second metal plate 21 are folded andaccommodated in a shell (represented by dash lines). Different from theprior embodiment, this embodiment implements a secondary battery havinga first diode 27 and a second diode 28, and four electrode contacts 200included in the first metal plate 20. The first diode 27 has an N(cathode) terminal connected to three of the four electrode contacts 200and a P (anode) terminal serving as an input terminal, so that an inputcurrent Iin can be divided into three branches as represented byIin=I1+I2+I3, where I1, I2, and I3 are respective branch currents. Thesecond diode 28 has an N (cathode) terminal connected to the P terminalof the first diode 27, and a P (anode) terminal connected to the rest ofthe four electrode contacts 200, so as to provide an output currentIout=I1=I2=I3, which is a single branch current. With this arrangement,the secondary battery can be charged through parallel current paths anddischarged through a series current path.

FIG. 10 is an illustrative view of a secondary battery according tostill another embodiment of the present invention. Different from theembodiments of FIGS. 8 and 9, this embodiment implements a secondarybattery having a flywheel generator 30. The flywheel generator 30,including plural coils 300 and magnetic poles 301, can be formed on thefirst metal plate 20 and/or the second metal plate 21, so that theflywheel generator 30 can be activated to provide a charging power tothe first metal plate 20 when a charging current flows in the secondarybattery or when the flywheel generator 30 experiences an externalelectro-magnetic field induction.

FIG. 11 illustrates an exploded view of a device using a secondarybattery of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 11, thesecondary battery 2 is disposed inside a cell phone protector case sothat, when the cell phone is put in the cell phone protector case, thesecondary battery 2 connects electrically with a cell phone and can beactivated to power the cell phone when there is a need. It is to benoted that, the application of the secondary battery of the presentinvention is not limited to the device of FIG. 11. In fact, thesecondary battery 2 of the present invention can be applied to anydevice that needs a secondary battery, including but not limited toelectric car, electric motorcycle, notebook computer, tablet computer,cell phone, robot, etc.

FIG. 12 is an illustrative view of a secondary battery according tostill another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment,the secondary battery 2 further includes a positive terminal contact 40extending out of the shell (represented by dash lines) and a negativeterminal contact 41 extending out of the shell for connectingelectrically with an external circuit (not shown in the figure), and apair of fuses 42, one of the pair of fuses 42 connecting electricallybetween the positive terminal contact 40 and the first metal plate 20,and the other of the pair of fuses 42 connecting electrically betweenthe negative terminal contact 41 and the second metal plate 21. The fuse42 can be implemented by a glue material doped with high conductivemetal particles, the glue material having a higher thermal expansioncoefficient than the high conductive metal particles. When an ambienttemperature is higher than a preset threshold, the glue material willexpand much more than the high conductive metal particles to cause thepair of fuses 42 to lose electrical conductivity to disrupt anelectrical connection between the positive terminal contact 40 and thefirst metal plate 20, and an electrical connection between the negativeterminal contact 41 and the second metal plate 21. When the ambienttemperature is cooled down to below the threshold, the glue material andthe high conductive metal particles will return to original states torestore the electrical connection between the positive terminal contact40 and the first metal plate 20, and the electrical connection betweenthe negative terminal contact 41 and the second metal plate 21. Thepreset threshold can be any temperature between 20° C. and 200° C.

It is to be noted that the fuse 42 can also be implemented with twometals of different thermal expansion coefficients in contact with eachother, so that the fuse 42 can become non-conductive when an ambienttemperature exceeds a preset threshold to cause the two metals to expanddifferently to an extent to make the two metals not in contact, and thefuse 42 can become conductive when the ambient temperature is cooleddown to below the preset threshold to restore the two metals to being incontact with each other.

In conclusion, with the structures and devices disclosed above, thesecondary battery of the present invention does achieve the objectivesand offer expected functions and results. Besides, as the presentinvention is not found in publications or used in public according toapplicant's knowledge, therefore, the present invention is believed tocomply with all patentable requirements.

While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms ofpreferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is notlimited thereto. To the contrary, it is intended to cover variousmodifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope ofthe appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadestinterpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similararrangements and procedures.

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 3. A secondary battery, including: at least one firstmetal plate, each having a surface coated with at least one layer of apositive terminal material to provide a single-layer or multiple-layerpositive terminal, wherein, the positive terminal material includesparticles of metal or non-metal conductive material enclosed by UV glue,PVDF glue, CMC glue, SBR glue, or liposomes, so as to increase a surfacearea of the positive terminal material, thereby increasing a currentdensity of the secondary battery; at least one second metal plate, eachhaving a surface coated with at least one layer of a negative terminalmaterial to provide a single-layer or multiple-layer negative terminal,wherein, the negative terminal material includes particles of metal ornon-metal conductive material enclosed by UV glue, PVDF glue, orliposomes, so as to increase a surface area of the negative terminalmaterial, thereby increasing a current density of the secondary battery;a separator material disposed between the at least one first metal plateand the at least one second metal plate for separating the positiveterminal material on the at least one first metal plate and the negativeterminal material on the at least one second metal plate; and a liquidelectrolyte, wherein, the single-layer or multiple-layer positiveterminal and the single-layer or multiple-layer negative terminalprovide increased surface areas of the positive terminal material andthe negative terminal material, so that the secondary battery providesan increased current density and thereby improves an energy densitythereof.
 4. A secondary battery, including: at least one first metalplate, each having a surface coated with at least one layer of apositive terminal material to provide a single-layer or multiple-layerpositive terminal, wherein, the positive terminal material includesparticles of metal or non-metal conductive material enclosed by UV glue,PVDF glue, CMC glue, SBR glue, or liposomes, so as to increase a surfacearea of the positive terminal material, thereby increasing a currentdensity of the secondary battery; at least one second metal plate, eachhaving a surface coated with at least one layer of a negative terminalmaterial to provide a single-layer or multiple-layer negative terminal,wherein, the negative terminal material includes particles of metal ornon-metal conductive material enclosed by UV glue, PVDF glue, orliposomes, so as to increase a surface area of the negative terminalmaterial, thereby increasing a current density of the secondary battery;and an ionic crosslinking material being metal particles or non-metalconductive material particles enclosed by UV glue, PVDF glue, CMC glue,SBR glue, or liposomes, and included both in the positive terminalmaterial on the at least one first metal plate and in the negativeterminal material on the at least one second metal plate; wherein, thesingle-layer or multiple-layer positive terminal and the single-layer ormultiple-layer negative terminal provide increased surface areas of thepositive terminal material and the negative terminal material, so thatthe secondary battery provides an increased current density and therebyimproves an energy density thereof.
 5. A secondary battery, including:at least one first metal plate coated with a positive terminal material,serving as a positive terminal, and the at least one first metal platehaving N electrode contacts, N being a positive integer; at least onesecond metal plate coated with a negative terminal material, serving asa negative terminal; a separator material disposed between the at leastone first metal plate and the at least one second metal plate forseparating the positive terminal material on the at least one firstmetal plate and the negative terminal material on the at least onesecond metal plate; a liquid electrolyte; a first diode having an Nterminal connected with N−1 electrode contacts of the N electrodecontacts in parallel, and a P terminal used as an input terminal so thatan input current I_(in) is represented by I_(in)=I₁+I₂+I₃+ . . .+I_(N-1), wherein I₁, I₂, I₃, . . . , I_(N-1) are branch currentscorresponding to the N−1 contacts; and a second diode having an Nterminal connected with the P terminal of the first diode, and a Pterminal connected with the Nth electrode contact of the N electrodecontacts, so that an output current I_(out) is equivalent to a branchcurrent I_(N), wherein, the secondary battery provides parallel currentpaths for a charging process and a series current path for a dischargingprocess.
 6. A secondary battery, including: at least one first metalplate coated with a positive terminal material, serving as a positiveterminal, and the at least one first metal plate having N electrodecontacts, N being a positive integer; at least one second metal platecoated with a negative terminal material, serving as a negativeterminal; an ionic crosslinking material being metal particles ornon-metal conductive material particles enclosed by UV glue, PVDF glue,CMC glue, SBR glue, or liposomes, and included both in the positiveterminal material on the at least one first metal plate and in thenegative terminal material on the at least one second metal plate; afirst diode having an N terminal connected with N−1 electrode contactsof the N electrode contacts in parallel, and a P terminal used as aninput terminal so that an input current is represented byI_(in)=I₁+I₂+I₃+ . . . +I_(N-1), wherein I₁, I₂, I₃, . . . , I_(N-1) arebranch currents corresponding to the N−1 contacts; and a second diodehaving an N terminal connected with the P terminal of the first diode,and a P terminal connected with the Nth electrode contact of the Nelectrode contacts, so that an output current I_(out) is equivalent to abranch current I_(N), wherein, the secondary battery provides parallelcurrent paths for a charging process and a series current path for adischarging process.
 7. A secondary battery, including: at least onefirst metal plate serving as a positive terminal; at least one secondmetal plate serving as a negative terminal; a separator materialdisposed between the at least one first metal plate and the at least onesecond metal plate for separating a positive terminal material on the atleast one first metal plate and a negative terminal material on the atleast one second metal plate; a liquid electrolyte; and a flywheelgenerator, including plural coils and magnetic poles so that theflywheel generator can be activated to provide a charging power to theat least one first metal plate when a charging current flows in thesecondary battery or when the flywheel generator experiences an externalelectro-magnetic field induction.
 8. A secondary battery, including: atleast one first metal plate serving as a positive terminal; at least onesecond metal plate serving as a negative terminal; an ionic crosslinkingmaterial being metal particles or non-metal conductive materialparticles enclosed by UV glue, PVDF glue, CMC glue, SBR glue, orliposomes, and included both in a positive terminal material on the atleast one first metal plate and in a negative terminal material on theat least one second metal plate; and a flywheel generator, includingplural coils and magnetic poles so that the flywheel generator can beactivated to provide a charging power to the at least one first metalplate when a charging current flows in the secondary battery or when theflywheel generator experiences an external electro-magnetic fieldinduction.
 9. A secondary battery, including: at least one first metalplate serving as a positive terminal; at least one second metal plateserving as a negative terminal; a separator material disposed betweenthe at least one first metal plate and the at least one second metalplate for separating a positive terminal material on the at least onefirst metal plate and a negative terminal material on the at least onesecond metal plate; a liquid electrolyte; and a Tesla coil forgenerating a charging power to the at least one first metal plate byelectromagnetic field induction or electric field induction.
 10. Asecondary battery, including: at least one first metal plate serving asa positive terminal; at least one second metal plate serving as anegative terminal; an ionic crosslinking material being metal particlesor non-metal conductive material particles enclosed by UV glue, PVDFglue, CMC glue, SBR glue, or liposomes, and included both in a positiveterminal material on the at least one first metal plate and in anegative terminal material on the at least one second metal plate; and aTesla coil for generating a charging power to the at least one firstmetal plate by electromagnetic field induction or electric fieldinduction.
 11. A secondary battery, including: at least one first metalplate serving as a positive terminal; at least one second metal plateserving as a negative terminal; a separator material disposed betweenthe at least one first metal plate and the at least one second metalplate for separating a positive terminal material on the at least onefirst metal plate and a negative terminal material on the at least onesecond metal plate; a liquid electrolyte; a positive terminal contactfor connecting electrically with an external circuit; a negativeterminal contact for connecting electrically with the external circuit;and a pair of fuses, one of the pair of fuses connecting electricallybetween the positive terminal contact and the at least one first metalplate, and the other of the pair of fuses connecting electricallybetween the negative terminal contact and the at least one second metalplate, wherein, the pair of fuses are implemented by a glue materialdoped with high conductive metal particles, the glue material having ahigher thermal expansion coefficient than the high conductive metalparticles; when an ambient temperature is higher than a presetthreshold, the glue material will expand much more than the highconductive metal particles to cause the pair of fuses to lose electricalconductivity to disrupt an electrical connection between the positiveterminal contact and the at least one first metal plate, and anelectrical connection between the negative terminal contact and the atleast one second metal plate; when the ambient temperature is cooleddown to below the threshold, the glue material and the high conductivemetal particles will return to original states to restore the electricalconnection between the positive terminal contact and the at least onefirst metal plate, and the electrical connection between the negativeterminal contact and the at least one second metal plate.
 12. Asecondary battery, including: at least one first metal plate serving asa positive terminal; at least one second metal plate serving as anegative terminal; an ionic crosslinking material being metal particlesor non-metal conductive material particles enclosed by UV glue, PVDFglue, CMC glue, SBR glue, or liposomes, and included both in a positiveterminal material on the at least one first metal plate and in anegative terminal material on the at least one second metal plate; apositive terminal contact for connecting electrically with an externalcircuit; a negative terminal contact for connecting electrically withthe external circuit; and a pair of fuses, one of the pair of fusesconnecting electrically between the positive terminal contact and the atleast one first metal plate, and the other of the pair of fusesconnecting electrically between the negative terminal contact and the atleast one second metal plate, wherein, the pair of fuses are implementedby a glue material doped with high conductive metal particles, the gluematerial having a higher thermal expansion coefficient than the highconductive metal particles; when an ambient temperature is higher than apreset threshold, the glue material will expand much more than the highconductive metal particles to cause the pair of fuses to lose electricalconductivity to disrupt an electrical connection between the positiveterminal contact and the at least one first metal plate, and anelectrical connection between the negative terminal contact and the atleast one second metal plate; when the ambient temperature is cooleddown to below the threshold, the glue material and the high conductivemetal particles will return to original states to restore the electricalconnection between the positive terminal contact and the at least onefirst metal plate, and the electrical connection between the negativeterminal contact and the at least one second metal plate.
 13. Asecondary battery, including: at least one first metal plate serving asa positive terminal; at least one second metal plate serving as anegative terminal; a separator material disposed between the at leastone first metal plate and the at least one second metal plate forseparating a positive terminal material on the at least one first metalplate and a negative terminal material on the at least one second metalplate; a liquid electrolyte; a positive terminal contact for connectingelectrically with an external circuit; a negative terminal contact forconnecting electrically with the external circuit; and a pair of fuses,one of the pair of fuses connecting electrically between the positiveterminal contact and the at least one first metal plate, and the otherof the pair of fuses connecting electrically between the negativeterminal contact and the at least one second metal plate, wherein, thepair of fuses are implemented by two metals of different thermalexpansion coefficients in contact with each other, so that the pair offuses become non-conductive when an ambient temperature exceeds a presetthreshold to cause the two metals to expand differently to an extent tomake the two metals not in contact, and the pair of fuse becomeconductive when the ambient temperature is cooled down to below thepreset threshold to restore the two metals to being in contact with eachother.
 14. A secondary battery, including: at least one first metalplate serving as a positive terminal; at least one second metal plateserving as a negative terminal; an ionic crosslinking material beingmetal particles or non-metal conductive material particles enclosed byUV glue, PVDF glue, CMC glue, SBR glue, or liposomes, and included bothin a positive terminal material on the at least one first metal plateand in a negative terminal material on the at least one second metalplate; a positive terminal contact for connecting electrically with anexternal circuit; a negative terminal contact for connectingelectrically with the external circuit; and a pair of fuses, one of thepair of fuses connecting electrically between the positive terminalcontact and the at least one first metal plate, and the other of thepair of fuses connecting electrically between the negative terminalcontact and the at least one second metal plate, wherein, the pair offuses are implemented by two metals of different thermal expansioncoefficients in contact with each other, so that the pair of fusesbecome non-conductive when an ambient temperature exceeds a presetthreshold to cause the two metals to expand differently to an extent tomake the two metals not in contact, and the pair of fuse becomeconductive when the ambient temperature is cooled down to below thepreset threshold to restore the two metals to being in contact with eachother.